Hydrocarbon-gas-producing burner.



M. N. Pungnvl.- HYDRvOCARBON GAS PBODUCING BURNER.

APPLICATION FILE? IMR. '25.1918.

' Patented Dec. 31,1918.

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40. A pressure gage 41 is mounted upon the tank 40 and the tank is supplied with compressed airloy pump 42. The oil pipe 39 leads through a regulating valve 43 mounted upon' the front side of the frame 1 and then to the union 38 so that the generator may vbe controlled from the front of the table 2.

The stem o' the globe valve 19 leads to the front of the frame 1 and is controlled by a handle 44.

In the practical operation of the hot plates or gas ranges, a torch ofA asbestos or the like is saturated with wood alcohol and placed under the generating vpipe 29 until the pipe is suiliciently heated. Then the valve 43 is opened and Ioil flows into the end of the generator pipe 29 and through the packing and is converted into hot hydrocarbon gas. The hot hydrocarbon gas is discharged through the nozzle 34 and draws in fresh air through the pipes 26 and 27 and the rmxture flows through the portion 24, the .elbow 23 of the portion 22 to the mixing tube 18 and through the throat 15, through the baiile v16 into the chamber 14 and finally passes through the rslits 7 and burns above the cap '5 under the generatingvpipe 29, thereby keeping the generating pipe hot, and the operation continues as long as desired. When the other burner is to be used, the globe valve 19 is opened and gas passes throughthe extension 18, through the globe valve and through the tube 2O to the cap 6.

,In themoditication shown in Fig. 5, the air pipes 45 and 46 are lconnected to the intake end of the mixing tube 47, said mixing tube 47 leading toa long burner 48 and the generating pipe 49 is mounted directly over this long burner 48- and a branch pipe 50 of the mixing tube leads through the globe valve 51 to theburner 52, said burner' 52 being parallel with the burner 48 so by closingfthe valve 51, th'e burner 48 may be operated and the operation of the burner 48 serves to keep the generating pipe 49 hot, and so thatv by opening the valve 5l, the burner '52 may 'be lighted without generation, the same as artificial or natural gas.

When the' pressure in the tank 40 is properly regulated and the valve 42 properly manipu* lated, a pure hydrocarbon gas' is formed in the generator 29, from oil such as kerosene or coal oil, and the passage of this hydrocarbon gas through the orifice 34 to the fresh air throughthe pipes 26 and 27, produces a perfect'fuel,mixture, and produces perfect combustion above the burner caps distinguished byz a turquois greenish blue iame freefrom yellow, white or red tips and giving 01T no poisonous gases, or odors, no smoke, sootor carbon.

p Any reasonable number of burners may be supplied from one generator, and the burnersmay be used either in open {iame mountings or in closed mountings, such as ovens,

water heaters, gas logs and gas grates or `for hot plates, gas ranges, gas stoves and the like.

After the generating burner has been started, the other burners may be turned on or off at will, the same as in the gasl construction. The generator pipe 29 is prefera'bly made of good brass or copper tubing, and the oil pipe 39 is preferably Wire tubing.

I claim: 1. A hydrocarbon gas producing burner, comprising a packed generating pipe, a nozzle moin-,red upon one end of the generating pipe, means for feeding oil to the other end ofthe generating pipe, air inlet pipes mounted horizontally with their open ends extending downwardly, the nozzle extending through the r wall at the junction of the air inlet pipes, a fuel mixture pipe leading from the air inlet pipes in line with the nozzle and downwardly and backwardly, and a vburner cap and base connected to the end of the fuel mixture pipe, said burner cap being located directly below the generating P1Pe 2. In a hydrocarbon gas producing burner, a straight generating pipe, a nozzle upon one endof the generating pipe, a sleeve within the nozzle end of the generating pipe, a: gauze in the generating pipe against the sleeve, packing in the generatingl pipe against the gauze, a second gauze in the generating pipe against the packing, and a seeond packing in the generating pipe against the second gauze, thesame being continued throughout the length of the generator.

In a hydrocarbon gas producing burner, aburner bass, a burner cap mounted upon the burner base, a mixing tube discharging into the burner base through a throat, a baiie in the throat, a generating pipe mountled above the burner cap, a nozzleiupon the generating pipe, an air intake pipe into which the nozzle discharges, and a mixing tubp portion leading from the nozzle to the main mixing tube.

4. A hydro-carbon gas Droducting burner,

comprising a packed generating pipe, anozzle mounted uponone end of the generating pipe, means for feeding oil to the other end burner caps, together with the intake of directly below the generating pipe, as'econd burner cap and base connected to the fuel mixl uw pipe, :intl i\zil\'e fm' controlling the,

l In :i liyt'li'o-ifnrhnn hui-no1', n gunti'nting pipe, il nozzle mounted upon one ond nt' thel :(juxwiiitin;v pipe, nii' inlct pipw n'inuntml limizrintzilly with their open ontls cxtvnllinfg dmvnuurdlv. tht nnzzle extending tlnnug'h thu` \\':ill :it tlm junction nl thll nii' inlttr pipes, u ll'ucl mixture pipo lezulingfrom tho nir` inlet pipes in liml with the now/.l0 nml down- 'zii-illy :nul hiultwni'dly, i hui'nei connoctcd to the t'ucl mixtlu'u pipt under the generating pipe, und :i svcond burnin' connected lo thu fuvl mixture pipe, thol'@ being n vulve in thi fue] pussugri t'oi controllingthe y'@cnnil hul'noi' in l0p01ulcnt of tht first. liui'ner.

In' testimony whereof I have signed my -numil t0 this sptt-iicnlion.

MARK PUTNAM. 

